While CNN was already-infamously guilty of biased, head-shaking rape-sympathizing coverage of the verdict ("It will "haunt [the boys] for the rest of their lives," said one legal expert), no less than three respected news outlets (MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN, according to The Atlantic) included the girl's name in their coverage of the case. (Note: The video posted above is the edited/bleeped version.) Following Sunday's verdict, two Ohio girls were arrested and accused of making online threats to the victim.

During a statement Mays made after his conviction, he said "I would truly like to apologize to [victim's first name], her family, my family and the community. No picture should have been sent around, let alone even taken." The victim's name in Mays' statement was left un-bleeped and unedited.

It's standard practice in sexual assault cases to leave a rape victim's name out of the press... but, as it's been made clear throughout the devastatingly offensive response to the verdict, this particular victim seems to have no rights at all. Fox News, in particular, comes out of this looking like a hypocrite, having omitted Mays and Richmond's names from their report (although their identities had been uncovered by hackers beforehand) because they were minors. Ughhhhh. No, Fox News, make it LESS ambiguous whose side you're on, because I don't think I get it.

As if it wasn't already invasive enough that social media played a huge part in the violation of this girl, and the subsequent press (an Instagram shot of her passed out, a YouTube video of a student laughing about how she was "so raped," and text messages read aloud), she's forced to deal with this complete "oversight" (or "intentional assholery") by the supposedly-impartial press? Fuck this shit. Way to reinforce the terror of all of the women who don't report rape, guys. Great job.